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Fedora 41: 2025-0cb4a35438 critical: webkit2gtk process crash

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Important webkit2gtk upgrade in Fedora 41 resolves serious crash bugs present in version 2.46.5. Update now to enhance security.
Update to 2.46.5

Summary

WebKitGTK is the port of the WebKit web rendering engine to the

GTK platform. This package contains WebKitGTK for GTK 3 and libsoup 2.

Update Information:

Update to 2.46.5

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical Fedora webkit2gtk process crash 2.46.5

Change Log

* Tue Jan 14 2025 Pete Walter - 2.46.5-1 - Update to 2.46.5 * Sun Dec 1 2024 Mamoru TASAKA - 2.46.3-2 - Add BR: rubygem(getoptlong) explicitly for ruby3.4

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2333929 - CVE-2024-54479 webkit2gtk4.0: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash [fedora-40] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2333929 [ 2 ] Bug #2333930 - CVE-2024-54479 webkit2gtk4.0: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash [fedora-41] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2333930

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-0cb4a35438' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: webkit2gtk4.0
Product: Fedora 41
Version: 2.46.5
Release: 1.fc41
URL: https://www.webkitgtk.org/
Summary: WebKitGTK for GTK 3 and libsoup 2

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical Fedora webkit2gtk process crash 2.46.5

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